Re: K3 KAT3 power during tune?

Posted by wayne burdick on Oct 04, 2010; 3:26pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-KAT3-power-during-tune-tp5598731p5599633.html

Hi Sam,

ATU tuning starts out at 5 watts. If a low SWR is located during the  
coarse-tune phase, we switch to 10 watts for the fine-tune. This  
improves SWR reading accuracy.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Oct 4, 2010, at 4:29 AM, Sam Morgan wrote:

> I see in the manual, under CONFIG TUNE
> it says:
> "Note1: TUN PWR does not pertain to ATU TUNE , which always uses 5
> or 10 W and is internally controlled."
>
> what determines if 5 or 10 watts is being used?
> --
> GB & 73
> K5OAI
> Sam Morgan
> ______________

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